Placemaking Done Right

Building Community Through Public-Private Spaces

Real estate pros and urban planners are expected to be placemakers. But what does that even mean? Some argue that placemaking is a byproduct of the work that they are already doing. 

But placemaking should be more intentional and strategic than that - and it has to be if you want it to be a driver for economic growth, asset value and community development. 

In this guide, we share tactics for designing successful placemaking strategies and examples of spaces that have truly become destinations.

What this guide includes:

A three-step formula for placemaking planning. 

The placemaking spectrum from the activation of underutilized spaces to the rise of new urban clusters

How to successfully marry space + programming

How to combine the two elements of placemaking (the space itself + programming) to bring people together

Five examples of transformative placemaking

The placemaking spectrum from the activation of underutilized spaces to the rise of new urban clusters

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